St. Malachy wrote a prophetic list of phrases describing future popes.
His phrase about John Paul I is: from the half of the moon.
Pope John Paul I was elected on August 26 of 1978, when half the moon was visible in the sky.
He died on September 28, when the moon was again a half moon.
His phrase about John Paul II is: from the labor of the sun.
This phrase is usually misinterpreted to mean that John Paul II labored under the sun as a youth.
Actually, the meaning refers to the work that the sun does.
Ostensibly, the sun’s work is to travel constantly around the world.
John Paul II is the most traveled pope in history.
He has been a pure light of truth constantly traveling around the world.
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The next pope is given the phrase: from the glory of the olive.
Some have interpreted this to mean that the next pope will be a Benedictine
(because they have a group within their order called Olivetans).
But no Benedictine is currently among the papabile
(those seen as possible candidates for election to the papacy).
My understanding is that the next pope will fit this phrase in three ways.
1) He will constantly seek peace during his pontificate: peace between nations,
peace between religions, peace within the Christian faith and within the Catholic Church.
2) He will not be a Benedictine, but he will take the name Pope Benedict XVI.
He will be like Saint Benedict the Moor (a.k.a. Saint Benedict the Black).
The next Pope will be a black man.
3) He will also be like Pope Benedict XV, who sought peace among nations prior to
World War I. He failed to bring peace to the nations and war broke out.
Therefore, Pope Benedict XVI, the black pope, will seek peace among nations and will
fail to achieve that peace. Then, about the time of the end of his pontificate,
World War III will begin. |
